A View of Ecclesiastical Benefices ca 1374 AD.. ( Extracted from The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe, first pub. ca 1580. Edited and corrected Rev Geo. Townsend , Pub Seeley, Burnside and Seeley, London 1843 The information in [ ] was validated to the List of Cardinals in Moreri`s Dictionary, the dates are of […]
Knox in the crucial years 1556 – 1560. Knox had visited Scotland in September 1555. During his stay he preached wherever he could and made contact with the Lords of the Congregation, but was soon in receipt of letters from his congregation in Geneva who desired his speedy return. Stricken by conscience and mindful of […]
Worcester 3 Sep 1651. King Charles was crowned at Scone, Perthshire on 1 January 1651 and once again Scotland was supporting its king against the New Model Army of Cromwell. In the June of 1651 the Act of Classes, which had excluded so many from recruitment to the army, was repealed. A new army was […]
The Queensferry Paper. The Queensferry Paper was so called because it was discovered in the pocket of a Covenanter, Henry Hall of Haughshead, when he was seized at South Queensferry on 4 June 1680. Hall was in the company of Donald Cargill when they were discovered and an attempt made to arrest them. Cargill made […]
THE ACT FOR ABOLISHING THE JURISDICTION OF THE PAPE. [ in Scotland ] IN the Parliament haldin at Edinburgh, the tent day of Julij, the year of God Jm Vc lx yearis, and thairefter continewit to the first day of August nixt thairefter following, with continewatioun of dayes, upoun the xxiiij of the said moneth of […]
The Court of High Commission, The original Court of High Commission was created by Elizabeth I in 1559 by which she gave authority to a mixed committee of knights, counsellors and clerics to enforce `an Act for the uniformity of Common Prayer` and An Act restoring to the Crown the ancient jurisdiction` [of the […]
Time Line: Political events during The Reformation in Europe 1493-1621. This is only a snapshot of a hugely busy period throughout Europe and beyond. If copying/printing off do so in landscape. Holy Roman Empire Papacy & Italian states. France Spain Year Portugal Netherlands Austria (HRE) Turkey Hungary Maximilian of Austria (and Netherlands) Emperor. 1493 […]
The Reformation in Europe . Index Please note that this section is `work in progress` and pages may be edited from time to time. The Reformation in Europe. The Eucharist explained. Different interpretations. The Waldensians. Waldensian Time Line. The Noble Lesson. The Inquisition. Martyrdom in Piedmont and Provence 16C. European Reformers. Bohemia, Jan Hus, Master […]
The events leading up to the `outing` of ministers. With the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, his supporters in Scotland lost no opportunity of bringing into contempt what the Covenanters looked upon as the saving grace of the country—the Solemn League and Covenant. On 29th May, Restoration Day ( the date of Charles landing […]
Patrick Hamilton. Patrick Hamilton is often quoted as the first martyr of the Scottish Reformation which came to fruition with the overthrow of Popery and the Church of Rome in 1560. Hamilton was born of noble parentage about 1503, his father being Sir Patrick Hamilton of Kincavel and Stanehouse and brother germane of the Earl […]
John Wyckcliffe (1329-1384), published two especially influential works based on his views of the Augustinian doctrine of predestination. In these works – “On the Kingdom of God” and “De Dominia Divino“, he elaborated his theory that – All power was derived from God alone. The King was as much God`s Vicar as the Pope. The […]
Knox and his Doctrine Knox did not mince his words when he denounced the Church of Rome as Antichrist and proposed nothing less than a reconstruction of the doctrines and ecclesiastical system of Scotland. As a student of John Calvin in Geneva he, like the other Protestant Reformers, held to three main principles. God had […]
John MacMillan of Balmaghie, First Minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. Although the “Killing Times” had passed and Presbyterianism in Scotland was firmly established with the succession of William and Mary to the throne, there were still rumblings in the Church and the wish by some, to maintain a strict form of worship and management […]
Letter of Queen Elizabeth to James VI February 1589, about the treasonous letters discovered. Quoted in Calderwood`s History. vol v, p7-8 “ MY DEERE BROTHER,- I have ere now assured you, that als long as I found you constant in aimitie towards me, I would be your faithfull watche, to shunne all mishappes or […]